The Osceola times., 1887-08-20

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"Did you ever have Indians come &c
visit you, grandpa?" she said.
Lots nv EN-, off N on, Polly. They
wuz all peaceable round there by that
time; they'd all been whipped till they
wuz good. Sides, they didn't live
near us, but out to'ards Sandusky N
Detroit and them places, n jist cum
round where we lived { be kinder So
ciable like, | guess, N see T they cud
find emmy thin better'n they he'd T.
home. Used 9 ask fer vittles jist like
tn tramps do now, n specially for
whisky. lnjuns like T. git drunk bet
tern emmy body t ever lived, | do sup
pose. They don't drink because they
like whisky, but cause it'll make 'em
drunk. One o tn first Injuns ever
see wuz named Running Wolf. n he
got vel acquainted comm roun' SC
much till tn folks used ter cal
m Billy. cause he wuz so good.
natured, n then they called 'em Billy
Wolf. First time he wuz at our house
reckin I'll never forgit. 1t 'uz in tn
fall, N tn same old sow | told We bout
had six young pigs. She waz tn only
SOW n all that settlement, N father
took sight O. care NV her They wuz
lots o acorns in tn woods n father'd
turn her out n set us boys t watch her
SOS she wouldn't run of. One day
me n Abe w keepin' an eye on tn old
sow out a piece from tn house by TIL
side o the path in tn woods-hadn't
no real roads, ye know. All to once
we saw N lnjun comm along tn path.
We hid; didn't know much about In
juns, but wuzn't goin' t take emmy
chances, specially afore we wuz inter
duced. He come along 'thout seein'
us or tn old SOW either. but all to once
one o tn little pigs come swoopin'
down tn path n met tn Injun N
didn't have no more sense N { stop n
look up in his face. TIL Injun stopped,
too. n looked s il he d met a stranger.
Purity soon he seemed { make up his
mind 'twus young 'possum r some
thin O. thet kind-he'd never heard NV
pig in all his life-'n he'd catch
it. He spread out his blanket
kinder low like, N then made
big jump n throwed his blanket over
it. It'd been rainin'. N the path uz
kinder slippery, n he jest sprawled
out full length over it, but he caught
fast TT pig squealed. O. course, II
the old sow-she ux rootin' round be-
hind q big tree not ten feet of-jest
come tearin' out I see what uz the
matter. Don't s'pose she'd ever seen
n Injun afore, but it didn't make any
diffrunce. She made fer him full tilt,
her bristles all up n her eyes afashin',
N gnashin' her teeth an agruntin' like
a hog does when it's awful mad. Tn
Injun got glimpse NV her over his
shoulder fore she had her big tusks in
his blanket, N begun champin' her
teeth in it n tearin' away at it like one
possessed. You never saw more sur
prised feller in all your
born days. He Jest Civ a
big grunt n sed, Ugh, big dev-
liz n tried to roll over out o her way.
But she he'd hold o the blanket, n
kind o pulled the other way, N tina:
made it tighter round him n the pig.
too, n the pig squealed louder N ever,
N tn old SOW jist hactully got frantic
after him. He got half way up when
she made another charge on him n al
most upset him, N, bein' he werz on
the edge ov little bank. he Jest tum.
bled plum over backwards. N KEEP roll.
in on down till he landed kerswasb
into a deep hole in the little creek be-
low. His head went down first,
N heels stuck up straight in tn air. BY
that time he'd let loose O. tn pig, N the,
stopped squealin' N run up tn bank to
its mother. She stopped when she see
it w safe, n stood there a snortin' n
a gruntin N champin' her teeth fol
a mint after she trotted back after
acorns N tn other pigs. Abe n med
been so excited over it all t we'd for
got { keep hid. N by III time tn Injun
got right side up n stood up in tn
water n looked after tn SOW we wuz
standin' there in plan sight. It'd all
happened so blamed quick t he didn't
seem { understan' it ut first, n looked
SO comical I we both laughed ont loud.
That kinder seemed { bring him to his
senses N he wuz the most embarrassed
lnjTn you ever saw. He waded out, N
ez we seen he had no gun we didn't
feel much afraid. n SO we waited for
him. He come up TO us n finally
managed { make us know t he
thought it wuz only new breed o.
possum, ez l sed, n we got right
sociable fore long, m took him home
n let him stand afore the fire N dry of
N give him somethin' { eat He come
round often after that, but he never
went near tn pig-pen or tn old sow. ="
"Why, grandpa, said Polly, don't
Indians have pigsP"
"Not one, Polly; not one-'xcept
themselves. They're pigs, least used
{ think so after ! got right well
acquainted with 'em." - Cincinnati
Enquirer
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